单词 | bribri |
释义 | Bribrin.adj. A. n. 1. A member of a Central American people of the Talamanca region of southern Costa Rica and northern Panama. Also with plural agreement and the: these people collectively. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > peoples of Central America Chichimeca1578 Miskito1697 Tiwa1710 Nahuatlaca1775 Otomi1782 Aztec1787 Mazahua1787 Mixteca1787 Totonac1787 Zapotec1797 Chichimec1809 Quiché1823 Mayo1829 Seri1829 Mixtec1852 Olmec1852 Mogollon1855 Mimbres1859 Yaqui1861 Cuna1868 Tzeltal1868 Nahuatl1873 Huastec1874 Tarahumara1874 Tlapanec1874 Bribri1875 Nahua1875 Mangue1876 Mazatec1878 Subtiaba1891 Tequistlatec1891 Trique1891 Nahuatlan1897 Huichol1900 Mixtecan1900 Tarascan1931 Mixe–Zoque1957 Mixteco1972 Garifuna1977 Mixean1982 Garinagu1983 Mixe–Zoquean1989 1875 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 331 The Bri-bris, inhabiting nearly all of the watershed of the Tiliri or Sicsola River. 1920 A. Skinner Notes Bribri of Costa Rica 93 Plantains are extensively used, and, eaten boiled, seem to form the staple diet of the Bribri. 1976 L. L. Minelli in M. W. Helms & F. O. Loveland Frontier Adaptations in Lower Central Amer. 62 According to their legends, the Bribri entered the Talamanca region in the relatively recent past and conquered the Cabécar. 2005 M. Budowski Dignity & Daily Pract. vi. 151 Subsistence farming allows the women to cover their basic needs on a day-to-day basis and they are proud of the fact that no Bribri will starve. 2. The Chibchan language of the Bribri. Π 1876 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1874–5 14 538 The Cabecars of Estrella rarely speak Bri-bri, but nearly all understand it. 1905 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 18 68 The grammatical peculiarities of Bribri..are briefly set forth. 1981 National Geographic July 50/2 The new radio station plays music, announces a medical team's visit, and transmits ‘personals’—many in Bribri, so the young will not forget their roots. 2006 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 72 1 Several Central American Chibchan languages are reported to have tone: Boruca, Bribri and Cabécar. B. adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to the Bribri or their language. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [adjective] > peoples of Central America Chichimeca1726 Aztec1787 Miskito1789 Chichimec1811 Quiché1823 Mayo1829 Seri1829 Otomi1843 Mimbres1856 Nahuatl1858 Yaqui1861 Zapotec1861 Tzeltal1868 Tlapanec1874 Mixtec1875 Bribri1876 Mangue1876 Nahua1876 Nahuatlaca1877 Mixe1888 Trique1891 Mazatecan1892 Subtiaba1892 Huichol1900 Cuna1905 Mixteca1911 Subtiaban1911 Tarascan1911 Tarahumara1912 Zapotecan1922 Tzotzil1939 Mixe–Zoquean1940 Tiwa1950 Mixteco1959 Kekchi1960 1876 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1874–5 14 514 The Bri-bri houses are not only better constructed but are much better furnished than those of their neighbors. 1948 F. Johnson in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians IV. 246 The Bribri dialect has survived at the expense of..other dialects. 1985 Art Precolumbian Gold (Metrop. Mus. Art) 37 Bribri myths refer to ancestors brought to earth by giant birds and to parrots and macaws who taught people to speak. 2016 Conservation & Society 14 280/2 Bribri people use the forest for all aspects of their food procurement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1875 |
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